RAC-IL Helps Secure Landmark Immigrant Justice Victory
In late May, RAC-IL helped secure a landmark immigrant justice victory in Illinois as the state legislature passed the Illinois Way Forward Act (SB 667) on the final day of the 2021 legislative session.
Resurfacing the Conversation About Reparations
Rhode Island Congregation Helps Win Two Anti-Poverty Laws
We Celebrate Trans Children
Our transgender children are being attacked in statehouses throughout our country, and the Jewish community cannot stand idly by. According to the Human Rights Campaign, state legislatures have introduced (and in some cases passed) more than 250 anti-LGBTQ
RAC-NJ Victory: The Fair Chance in Housing Act Passed!
RAC-NJ’s first issue campaign to “Ban the Box in Housing” by supporting the Fair Chance in Housing Act (A1919/S250) scored a major victory when the bill passed both houses of the New Jersey Legislature on June 3. The bill, which The New York Times called “a
RAC-TX Protects the Freedom to Vote in Texas
To misquote the Grateful Dead, what a short, strange trip it’s been!
It’s Time for the Senate to Pass the Equality Act
This blog post is adapted from remarks originally given by Rabbi Saks at a Faith for Equality virtual press conference in February 2021.
When my husband and I moved to Maine almost 10 years ago from Minnesota, one of the factors in our relocation was the
Why We Wear Orange on June 4th
Everyday more than 100 Americans are killed by guns and over 300 more people are injured. Friday, June 4 is Wear Orange Day, a national day of awareness about the scourge of gun violence in the United States.
Orange is the color that Hadiya Pendleton’s
We Hold All of these Truths
